The Flash #2
On the plus side, an excellent recap of Bart's origin for those of us who don't really know who he is. His relationships with the other characters are well-defined and, likewise, well-explained. On the not-so-plus side, though, I'm just not really enjoying this book. To contrast it with the new Atom book, which I've quite liked so far and which stands on its own, this one just makes me think of how much I prefer Wally. I'll give it another issue or three, because it's not fair for me to judge it on an issue where so much of the text is expository, but I'm not hopeful.
Green Lantern Corps #1-2
Considering my usual lack of fondness for space opera, I'm a little surprised to find myself liking this book so much. All (well, mostly) because of Soranik Natu. Please don't kill her. And although I don't have a history of reading Green Lantern, I suspect that having them partnered up is more interesting than when they flew solo. This one stays on the get list.
Hawkgirl #54
I added this one when I learned that it existed--since the eleven-year-old is a Hawkgirl fan. She does not like this book., says it's hard to follow, and I can't tell whether this has to do with coming into the story in the middle or not. Unless this issue is very atypical, I don't think we'll be getting this one for much longer.
Ion #4/12
This one is on the list because I've enjoyed so much of what I've seen of the Kyle Rayner Green Lantern. I do anticipate getting the whole 12 issues of this one. That said, I am a little concerned about the whole "becoming something greater" thing. From what I've seen, when a comic book character gets not only a significant power boost but a Major Cosmic Change in who s/he is, it's not a good thing. Too often, whatever was most cool about the original character is lost. So far they do seem to be holding on to his human side (the scenes at the artists' retreat in earlier issues) so I'm not ready to assume the worst.
On the other hand, the new abilities will certainly steepen the learning curve, and this character does really well (in terms of being interesting) when he's learning new things (as opposed to being established and highly skilled), so we'll see.
Iron Man #10
Iron Man has always been a favorite character of mine, I'm not sure why--the contrast between his level of power and his human failings, I suppose. I still don't like the Extremis version, and I still think it's likely to be a temporary thing. In this issue: the return of Maya Hanson! Tony looks like hell as a clean-shaven blonde! And The Sentry? doing something? Big fights, superhero angst, women in prison (sigh). Yeah, I'm looking forward to the next issue.
Justice League of America #0
Interesting stuff; since I don't buy Superman or Batman comics at this time, and since I've only seen the one Wonder Woman (see next entry) I don't really know what's going on there, although the internet tells me that they've all three been missing for a year. I did enjoy the "yesterday" scenes, not so much the "tomorrow" ones (presumably these are not definite futures). And after reading this, I guess I can discard all the how-the-JLA-was-built stuff I just learned from reading Year One? (Gah. Honestly I think that Year One makes more sense.)
Moon Knight #3
Much of Moon Knight is darkness, violence and gore. In this issue, there's a bit more--the scene where Marc meets with his old associate Frenchie, who outs himself as gay to Marc. I think the intention is that Marc's subsequent anger is because Frenchie didn't tell him (implicitly, didn't trust him enough to tell him), but it's fuzzy. Frenchie, on the other hand, seems to think he shouldn't have had to tell him in so many words--that if Marc had been more astute he'd have picked up on it. I do still plan to keep getting this one, but really, something else interesting needs to happen soon.
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